Building a Smart Learning Environment Based on Geomatics ‎Technologies to Enhance Geographic Information Analysis Skills, Conceptual Understanding, and Learning ‎Engagement among Fourth-grade ‎Elementary Students

Aba-Zied, Amira Mohamed Aba-Zied Mohamed; Soliman, Omnia Mahmoud Ahmed Amin

doi:10.21608/edusohag.2024.277240.1447

Building a Smart Learning Environment Based on Geomatics ‎Technologies to Enhance Geographic Information Analysis Skills, Conceptual Understanding, and Learning ‎Engagement among Fourth-grade ‎Elementary Students

Document Type : Original Article

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¹ Faculty of Education, Alexandria University

² Faculty of Education - Alexandria University

10.21608/edusohag.2024.277240.1447

Abstract

The current research aimed to investigate the impact of a smart learning environment based on geomatics technologies on the development of geographic information analysis skills, conceptual understanding, and learning engagement among fourth-grade elementary students. This was pursued through both descriptive and experimental methodologies, utilizing a quasi-experimental design with two groups: control and experimental, and pretest-posttest measures. Research tools included tests for geographic information analysis skills, conceptual understanding, and learning engagement. The research experiment involved a group of 60 fourth-grade students, evenly divided into control and experimental groups, during the first semester of the academic year 2023/2024, between October 15^th and November 16^th, 2022. Data was collected and statistically analyzed, yielding several results, notably that the smart learning environment based on geomatics technologies had a positive impact on the development of geographic information analysis skills, conceptual understanding, and learning engagement among students in the experimental group. The research recommended the necessity of utilizing artificial intelligence tools and geomatics technologies in constructing smart learning environments, particularly in teaching social studies curricula at the elementary level, as they contribute to the development of targeted aspects of learning from these curricula. The research concluded with a set of proposed studies aimed at furthering research in the field of smart learning environments, geomatics technologies, and their role in teaching and learning various curricula at different educational stages.

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